🇬🇧🇨🇳 splendour - 辉煌 : English Lesson

Meaning of "splendour" ("辉煌"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Splendour is the kind of amazing beauty or greatness that makes your eyes go wide and your mouth say, “Wow!”, like when you see a huge shiny castle, fireworks filling the sky, or a mountain glowing in the sunset.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

Our classroom fort, made of chairs and blankets, had the splendour of a castle and the stability of a frightened jelly.

I threw glitter in the air to create artistic splendour, but my mom just called it “sparkly vacuuming practice.”

The night sky shone with the splendour of a million stars, plus one airplane pretending to be extra special.

At sunrise the mountains glowed with splendour, while I glowed with regret for getting up that early.

The chocolate fountain at the party flowed with such splendour that the kids formed a worship circle around it.

At dawn, Anna climbed the hill. She watched light open across the valley; the lake answered with silver. She whispered 'splendour, splendour' when first sun touched stone, then laughed. Splendour filled her chest and spilled across the fields. The tired town paused. Splendour steadied her breath — she walked home smiling at the day’s splendour.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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